This investigation is part of the group project that a research team from the Department of Educational Sciences of the Rand Afrikaans University conducted. The project investigated the responsibilities of the teachers. The aim of this project was to determine the input by teachers in carrying out their professional responsibilities. The professional responsibilities that were investigated included inter alia the provision of a sense of security for learners, building of the learner's self-concept, the learner's cognitive development, the learner's social development, parental guidance, career orientation and the view of the future of learners, evaluation responsibilities, lesson preparation and presentation, maintenance of authority and discipline as well as remedial work. Each member of the team has investigated the input made by teachers with respect to a particular aspect of the teachers' responsibilities. This particular investigation focuses on the provision of a sense of security for learners as an aspect of the teachers' responsibilities. Teachers from both primary and secondary schools were asked to complete the questionnaire. They were specifically chosen because the research topic focused on the teachers' responsibilities. With those involved, it would be possible to determine the input that they make in carrying out their professional responsibilities. The results of the empirical research indicate that the provision of a sense of security for learners is regarded as very important by teachers. This is one responsibility that is attended to by teachers. The following specific findings have been made: • No statistically significant relationships were found with respect to viewpoints on the provision of a sense of security for learners between teachers of different age groups, teachers who use different languages in teaching, teachers who occupy different professional ranks and teachers with different marital status. Statistically significant relationships have been detected between teachers with different teaching experience, teachers whose mother tongue differs, teachers with different educational qualifications, teachers who teach in different subject fields and also between teachers who have high and low average number of children in their classes. No statistically significant difference was found regarding viewpoints on the provision of a sense of security for learners between the proportion of teachers who have their own children and the proportion of teachers who have no children of their own. Statistically significant differences were found regarding viewpoints on the provision of a sense of security for learners between the proportion of male and the proportion of female teachers, and also between the proportion of primary and the proportion of secondary school teachers. A larger proportion of female teachers than male teachers gives a larger proportion of input with respect to the provision of a sense of security for learners. It was also found that a larger proportion of primary school teachers than secondary school teachers give a larger proportion of input with respect to the provision of a sense of security for learners. The study finally revealed that the provision of a sense of security for learners is one of the responsibilities to which teachers give a high proportion of their input.